I confess that I find it delightful to see these movies, almost a century old, perfectly restored and presented to the contemporary public, with the freshness with which they were seen, for the first time, by our ancestors.
It is an authentic journey through time, customs, costumes, behaviors and mentalities. An experience that allows a much deeper and more knowledgeable look at the past. Cinema as a historical source, even though we know that everything was staged, in some now-disappeared studio.
Here we have a banal script, for a romantic comedy, not particularly fun, in fact. A poor girl meets a rich boy, they fall in love, but he wants to make sure that she loves him and is not just interested in his money. Nothing new, not even in 1929.
The film, however, features a wonderful actress, Colleen Moore, who gives life and a very special charm to this banal story. She is the one who makes the film and it is only because of her that it is worth taking that leap, back to 1929, and dancing the foxtrot in the city's nightclubs.
Beautiful, charismatic, expressive, an authentic force of nature, this Colleen Moore.
It is an authentic journey through time, customs, costumes, behaviors and mentalities. An experience that allows a much deeper and more knowledgeable look at the past. Cinema as a historical source, even though we know that everything was staged, in some now-disappeared studio.
Here we have a banal script, for a romantic comedy, not particularly fun, in fact. A poor girl meets a rich boy, they fall in love, but he wants to make sure that she loves him and is not just interested in his money. Nothing new, not even in 1929.
The film, however, features a wonderful actress, Colleen Moore, who gives life and a very special charm to this banal story. She is the one who makes the film and it is only because of her that it is worth taking that leap, back to 1929, and dancing the foxtrot in the city's nightclubs.
Beautiful, charismatic, expressive, an authentic force of nature, this Colleen Moore.